Tabula Rasa Review

Kenneth Pobo (he/him) is the author of twenty-one chapbooks and nine full-length collections.  Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers), and most recently, At The Window, Silence (Fernwood Press). Raylene And Skip is forthcoming from Wolfson Press. His work has appeared in Asheville Poetry Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Amsterdam Quarterly, Nimrod, Mudfish, Hawaii Review, and elsewhere. 

Lillian Fuglei (they/she) is a lesbian poetess based in Denver, Colorado. She began writing poetry in high school, after a lifetime of attending open mics thanks to their mother. They bounce between poetry, journalism, and academia, hoping to find a home for her writing somewhere in between the three. Their debut chapbook, Girlhood Scrapbook, is available now with Stain’d Arts. 

Nick Young is a retired award-winning CBS News Correspondent.  His writing has appeared in dozens of reviews, journals and anthologies. His first novel, “Deadline”, was published in 2023. He lives outside Chicago.

Philip Wexler lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Over 230 of his poems have appeared in magazines.  His poetry books include The Sad Parade (Adelaide Books), The Burning Moustache (Adelaide Books), The Lesser Light (Finishing Line Press), With Something Like Hope (Silver Bow Publishing), I Would be the Purple (Kelsay Books) and Bozo’s Obstacle (In Case of Emergency Press). He also organizes and emcees Words out Loud, a monthly spoken word series.

Savannah Cooper (she/her) is a Pushcart Prize nominated poet, self-taught photographer, and bisexual mess. Her work has been previously published in more than 40 journals, including Midwestern Gothic, Mud Season Review, and Parentheses Journal. She holds a BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing from Lincoln University of Missouri and currently resides in Western Maryland. Her debut poetry collection, Mother Viper, is out August 12 from Unsolicited Press.

Toti O’Brien is the Italian Accordionist with the Irish Last Name. Born in Rome, living in Los Angeles, she is an artist, musician and dancer. She is the author of four collections of poetry and three of prose. Her most recent short story collection, Alter Alter, was released by Elyssar Press in 2024. Past publications include The Past Ineffable (Cholla Needles Arts & Literary Library) and Odd Arcana (Cholla Needles Arts & Literary Library). She was nominated for Best of Net for “Heroin” by GAS Poetry.